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A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...

Five years on from the start of the covid pandemic, are we ready for a potential avian influenza outbreak? What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we ...